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Childline Western Cape: Social Work Manager (delete)

Please note: this opportunity closing date
has passed and may not be available any more.

Opportunity closing date:

Tuesday, 13 February, 2018

Opportunity type:

Employment

LifeLine/Childline Western Cape aims to cultivate and grow emotional health in individuals and communities; by preventing and healing emotional trauma and crisis through counselling, training and capacity building, and engaging and mobilising communities.

LifeLine/Childline Western Cape seeks to recruit a Social Work Manager, based in the Cape Town.

Start date: 1 March 2018

Fixed Term Contract

The purpose for this position is to manage, develop, monitor and ensure the professional implementation of the Child Witness Project (CWP) strategy for psycho-social and therapeutic support for child witnesses and their families within the court context or other.

Responsibilities:

Manage and develop any new initiatives related to the CWP

Iiaise with relevant partners and stakeholders and be involved in advocacy efforts

Initiate and manage research that is relevant to the project

Manage the HR component relevant to the project

Requirements:

Full spectrum of managing a project including staff management and Monitoring and Evaluation of a project

Experience in working therapeutically with children

Presentation and Facilitation skills including the development of training and therapeutic materials

People Skills

Written and spoken English and Afrikaans

Communication skills

Numerical skills including budgeting and collation and analysis of statistical data

Computer literate

Networking skills

Knowledge and understanding of children's rights issues and legislation in South Africa

Team Player

Willingness to travel

Driving licence and own transport (not negotiable)

To apply, submit CV with certified copies of qualifications plus salary expectation to sandy@childinewc.org or via direct fax to 0867327022.